On the day after he died, the lights of Broadway theaters darkened for a minute in honor of Arthur Miller.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

In two thousand five Santa Fe was named a UNESCO Creative City -- the first American city to get that honor.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

Perhaps the one honor that pleased him most was that his hometown of Waukeegan named a school for him.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

A year later,President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

Thousands of people gathered at Madison Square Garden for a concert to honor Pete Seeger and his music.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

In nineteen fourteen, the date for the observance was changed to March eighth in honor of a history protect for women's rights.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Early in the nineteen hundreds, a woman named Anna Jarvis began a campaign to honor mothers in America.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

But first, a report on the anniversary of the Greensboro sit-in and the opening of a civil rights museum to honor it.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

"Especially with the honor killings in the eastern parts. The safety of girls still remains a big problem.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

However,the people of the Philippines built a statue to honor him for keeping his promise to return.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

"It's a great honor to be included as one of the recipients of the two thousand and eight Cable Television Hall of Fame."

VOA: special.2011.05.11

But any time of year, visitors to the nation's capital can see a number of memorials that honor members of the armed forces.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

Many a gentleman would have risked his life for the honor of kissing that mysterious hand.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

She received the National Medal of the Arts and a Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime work.

VOA: special.2010.07.04